Tam I am sure once your friend settles in he will re-evaluate his audio situation. Good music doesn't have to be loud to be enjoyed and the wave radio will give way eventually.
Unfortunately people who have never heard a great system don't know what one sounds like and consequently don't know they need one. This is where audio is at a disadvantage to other highend purchases. You can go test drive a car ,or try on a ring etc but a good system has to be experienced which is hard to do. Thus people end up buying some POS HTIB and think they have the world by the ass because the box says 1400watts.
